Pan's Labyrinth is a tale so beautifully written it took me a couple times watching it without being filled with emotion. It has such a powerful message of overcoming adversity and being pure. Guillermo Del Toro depicts the horrors of the Spanish Civil War using a girl as how she sees life as it is and what it should be. In this movie Ofelia, played by Actress Ivana Baquero, finds a magical labyrinth in which she enters into three magical worlds where she needs to perform certain tasks to receive the prize. In each task, Ofelia learns more and more about the real world in which she lives and she comes to a realization that fantasies are merely facing an outward problem or hiding from them within her self. At the end of the movie she decides to face the evil in the world and stay pure while chaos is all around her. The end is so beautiful as it shows that only the ultimate sacrifice of giving yourself to others even if it means your life is what entitles you to a heavenly joy. I also loved the inward journey Ofelia takes in the movie of becoming her potential. Life is full of evil, discouragement, despair, and sorrow, but we need to push through the dirt of the world to reach our grande prize. For those who have not seen this movie, watch the connection between the fantasy world and the real world. They are more similar than they appear.
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